Determinants of Childhood Anemia in India

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Onyeneho, Nkechi G ^a,b   Ozumba, Benjamin C ^b   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85075072128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52793-3     Document Type: Article

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